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DEFAECATION

Specialty Definition: DEFAECATION

DomainDefinition

Health

The act or process of defecating, discharge of feces. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: DEFAECATION

"DEFAECATION" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DEFAECATION" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%12101,599

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DEFAECATION

Language Translations for "DEFAECATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

defækation (defecation, evacuation of bowels), defæcatio (defecation), defækation, tarmudtømning. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

defecatie (defecation, evacuation of bowels, main liming), defaecatie, stoelgang (defecation, evacuation of bowels), ontlasting (dung, excrement), evacuatie (evacuation). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

defekaatio (defecation), ulostus (defecation), ulostaminen (defecation), sontiminen. (various references)

   

French

  

défécation (defecation), exonération (defecation). (various references)

   

German

  

Defäkation (defecation), Defäkation, Darmentleerung, Entleerung (deflation, drainage, emptying, evacuation, exhaustion, purgation). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αφόδευση (defecation, dejection, evacuation of bowels). (various references)

   

Italian

  

defecazione (clarification, defecation, evacuation of bowels, main liming, settling). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

efaecationday

   

Portuguese

  

defecação (defecation), defecação. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

defecación (defecation). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

defekation. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DEFAECATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-f-i-n-o-t"

-1 letter: defecation.

-2 letters: defection, diaconate.

-3 letters: anecdota, anecdote, catenoid, defiance, facetiae, infected.

-4 letters: acetone, aconite, antacid, catenae, codeina, codeine, confide, ctenoid, defiant, deontic, enacted, enfaced, enticed, faceted, faciend, faction, factoid, faience, fainted, fanatic, fancied, feinted, fiancee, noticed, tacnode, taeniae.

-5 letters: acedia, acetin, acnode, action, adnate, aedine, aeonic, anodic, anteed, atoned, atonic, cadent, caftan, canoed, canted, catena.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-f-i-n-o-t"
 

+3 letters: decaffeination.

 

+4 letters: decaffeinations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Usage Frequency
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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